I surprised Mr. Smith last weekend with an adventure of a lifetime… SKYDIVING! It was my second time; I went first with my Dad for our daddy/daughter bucket list about 4 years ago. I just knew that the Hubs was going to love it and scream just as loud as I would.

Unfortunately, I was the only one screaming and these crazy boys belly laughed at me till they cried. Apparently, Tim (the one that looks thrilled to be with me) has had over 16,000 dives and was on the world skydiving team, (WHAT!) He thought it would be HIL-arious to hang me out of the plane for a good 15 seconds while I screamed bloody murder. Did I lose my voice the rest of the weekend, no (shakes head yes).

My plan was to shake some adventurous spirit out of Cam. Free his system of the need for danger if you will. Live on the edge just a bit. Well the plan backfired. Now he wants to get his skydiving license and enroll to base jump and use squirrel suits. Oh lordy what have I created!? Hopefully we get good life insurance… (I joke, I joke) hashtag thegoodwife :)

This weekend we took advantage of the amazing weather and drove up to Sedona, Arizona. One of our favorite ways to get away from the stress of life is to find beauty in nature. I love sleeping in a tent outside under the stars away from the city lights. I enjoy taking a big deep breath of fresh air and most importantly away from technology and lists. It is easy for me to get wrapped up in our growing to-do lists and feel the anxiety of life. Sedona is gorgeous and if you get the opportunity to visit take advantage of it!

We went to hike Devil’s Bridge and took a 2 mile hike up to the site and then came the adventure. (side note, if you take your dogs, make sure they are well trained for some steep climbs towards the last .1 miles of the hike; our dogs did great but they hike often with us. Lot’s of other people couldn’t get their dogs up the cliff) When we were hiking back down to the car we must of taken a wrong turn at the end of the trail and added a good 4-5 miles to our return trip. We didn’t recognize the scenery and we sat to check the map. As Cam was looking around, I saw a back of 5 or so coyotes running toward us. We usually let the dogs off leash to hike and we grabbed them close to put their leashes on. The coyotes saw us and stopped then quickly turned and went the other way. AGHH I was so scared! We decided to go back to a fork in the road and ran into another couple. We asked if we could tag along and once back to a different parking lot they drove us around the bend of the trail to our car. I am so thankful for meeting those sweet strangers and that they were willing to help us out! Overall, it was an amazing trip and I can’t wait to go back soon for a new (and safe) adventure :)

First off, I am in love with my new Express shirt so much so that I wore it two weekends in a row! But who cares, right :) Now if you need to know one thing about me is that I seriously GEEK out over animals. It doesn’t even matter what kind, I just want them all! So, hubs took me to the World Wildlife Zoo that is 10 minutes from our house. I can’t even explain how excited I was to find this living Africa in the middle of nowhere Arizona :) This happy girl was thrilled when a beautiful giraffe walked over and leaned down to lick my hand. I was like a little kid on Christmas! I also tried this three part pony tail to add some length to my hair since I am in the awkward phase of growing it back out and I loved how it turned out, apparently the little parrot above liked it too (:

What a fun weekend with the hubby and our friends! We live nearby an Air Force base and got to go on base this Saturday and watch the pilots put on the coolest air show. I seriously felt like a 7 year old boy yelling “Did you SEE that!!!!?” Here are some of my favorite shots from the weekend! xoxo

Making : halloween sugar cookies
Cooking : broccoli curry chicken
Drinking : lots of water (post half marathon)
Reading: jodi picoult books
Wanting: a new dress from asos
Looking: at weekend pictures
Playing: with my hair
Wasting: time not sleeping
Sewing: are you kidding me?! haha
Wishing: two weeks would go by fast
Enjoying: watching my dog sleep next to my feet
Waiting: for mr. smith to finish his dental paper
Liking: the cool night breeze
Wondering: if i am living life to the fullest
Loving: my soft mustard blanketHoping: i can walk tomorrow (again, post marathon^)
Marvelling: at the support for the think pink project this next weekend
Needing: something sweet to eat
Smelling: my pumpkin spice candle
Wearing: not much :/
Following: too many people on instagram
Noticing: i need a pedicure
Knowing: too little
Thinking: about family
Feeling: cozy
Bookmarking: that asos dress!
Opening: pages on young women’s lessons
Giggling: at duke now licking my toes
Feeling: inspired to be myself

Loved this exercise that is on Pip’s Blog that I also copied from Lace. It was fun to write down the first thing that popped into my head. Usually, it’s hard for me to focus my thoughts and not think to much but I guess I am so tired from this weekend that it just worked. Go try it yourself and comment when you do so I can read your blog-ings!